Tostadong Tinapay/Biscocho

Buttery cinnamon tostadong tinapay

Sliced day old sweet Italian bread.

Melted butter.

Dredge both sides in cinnamon/sugar mixture.

Lay bread flat and bake for 15-30 minutes or until crisp!

Yummy snacks!

1-loaf  sliced  day old bread(sweet Italian bread/ Hawaiian bread/ French bread/pandesal/challah)look at the markdown rack at your grocery store.

melted butter

cinnamon /sugar

Set oven to 300F, adjust oven rack in the middle.Cover baking sheets with aluminum foil or parchment paper.Brush or dunk bread with melted butter and dredge into sugar / cinnamon mixture on both sides. Bake  for15-30 minutes or until crisp and toasted!

Deluxe Monkey Bread

Monkey bread

Rolling biscuits dough, notice half of the caramel mixture at the bottom of the pan

Pour remaining caramel on top and sprinkle some cinnamon

1/3c. granulated sugar
4t. cinnamon and extra teaspoon for sprinkling on top
1-8 oz. cream cheese
2- 12 oz. cans of refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
1 stick of butter
2/3c. chopped pecans or walnuts(optional)


Preheat oven to 350F. Mix granulated sugar,cinnamon and cream cheese together in a small bowl. Flatten out one piece of biscuit dough and place a spoonful of cream cheese mixture in the center. Wrap the edges of the dough around cream cheese mixture,sealing to make a pouch. Repeat with remaining dough.

 Melt butter and brown sugar together on the stove or  in the microwave,stirring until well combined in a smooth mixture.Sprinkle nuts(if desired) in the bottom of Monkey Bread pan and  half of the melted butter mixture.Arrange biscuit pouches in pan; they will overlap. Pour remaining brownsugar mixture over pouches and sprinkle some cinnamon powder. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in pan, and invert onto serving plate.

Banana Bread

Ive been using this no-fail banana bread recipe for 15 years. It works best with overripe bananas.

Heat oven to 350 degrees

2 1/4 cup APF
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
(sift all dry ingredients together)
cream 1/2 cup of butter or vegetable oil
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs (one at a time)
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup yogurt, buttermilk, or sour cream
1 cup mashed, ripe bananas
nuts or chocolate chips (optional)

Add flour mixture to the egg mixture alternating with the banana mixture
Stir the batter after each addition.Add mashed banana,vanilla,yogurt or nuts.Grease 2 loaf pans, bake for 30-45 min.
Its done when you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.

*You could use flavored yogurt with fruit*
*If you dont have buttermilk, use 1/4 cup milk and add a little vinegar or lemon juice*or you could use sourcream*

spanish bread

Spanish Bread
This is our super soft and super sarap Spanish bread no preservatives.

Pandesal

Pandesal is the Filipino sweet roll we used to eat at breakfast or snack with butter, cheese or fried egg. We often dip it in coffee ( sawsaw kape ) or hot chocolate. I remember my dad always buy pandesal early morning in Panaderia or a man on a bike peddling and screaming " hot pandesal kayooooo". I will share a recipe that I used  and tasted similar when I was growing up.






The Ingredients

6 Cups All purpose flour
3/4 Cups white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
8 Tablespoon melted butter
1/2 Cup milk
1 teaspoon dry yeast
1 cup lukewarm water
2 whole eggs

PROCEDURE

1. Grease and place baking paper on the baking sheets, set aside. Put yeast on lukewarm water add some sugar, mix.Let it stand for 10 mins.
2 Mix Flour, sugar and salt. Sift it to blend together
3. After 10 minutes the yeast are already active, with bubbles, add the eggs milk and butter and mix.
4. Add the yeast mixture to the flour and stat to knead the dough untill it becomes smooth and elastic. (around 10 minutes)
5. Put the dough on a greased bowl, turn the dough to coat the whole dough, cover and let rise until double in size.
6. Punch the dough and put on a floured surface, divide it into four batches and roll each batch into a log.
Cut the log in a diagonal, roll in breadcrumbs and put into prepared baking sheet cut side up.
7. Cover and let rise again for 3o mins-1 hour.
8. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees and bake for 15-18 mins.

Malolos Ensaymada

A Melt-in-your mouth Malolos Ensaymada that takes less time in the kitchen and it's comparable to the original ensaymada from Malolos. Eat it plain, or top it with butter, sugar and cheese and salted egg if you prefer.

Malolos Ensaymada
5 cups Bread Flour (separated into 1 cup + 1 cup + 3 cups)
1 cup Sugar
2 envelopes yeast (Rapid rise)
1 T salt
1 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup water
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 cup plain, fresh mashed potatoes (not instant)
3 egg yolks
2 whole eggs
grated cheese (we used cheddar)
1 stick of soft butter
sugar

1.Mix 1 cup of flour, sugar and yeast
2.In a seperate bowl, mix lukewarm evaporated milk and salt
3.Add the milk mixture to the dry ingredients
4.Beat for 2 minutes, using a dough hook
5.Add cooled mashed potatoes
6.Add egg yolks and whole eggs and 1 cup of flour
7.Add 2 sticks of soft unsalted butter
8.Beat for 2 minutes
9.Scrape the sides of the bowl
10.Add in remaining flour and mix until smooth
11.Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 24 hours
12.Divide into 3 balls
13.Flatten the dough into squares
14.Spread butter, except the edges
15.Roll it tightly and wrap it in plastic, the dough will be very soft
16.Chill for an hour
17.After chilling, cut into even pieces
18.Put it into a cupcake liner (we used the jumbo muffin pan)
19.Cover with plastic and rise for 45 min to 1 hour in a warm place. until double in size
20.Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes
21. cool and top with butter, sugar, shredded cheese.
sarap naman!!!